Emmy and I set up a makeshift art space for ourselves in my home office over the long weekend and started playing! Emmy and family were visiting from Virginia, Scott was visiting from Seattle, Jay and Christine were visiting from the Fenway area of Boston, and, in the middle of all that laughter and food and story-telling and swinging on swings and bocce and swimming and going for walks and playing Quicktionary and watching fireworks at the beach and going to Cherry Farm for ice cream, Emmy and I did a bunch of painting.
Well, Emmy did a huge bunch of painting. I did just a little bit of painting while also having the grand fun of setting up a space, pulling together materials, and facilitating fun.
Sparked by an Amanda Evanston lesson from the Chicken Coop Club, to which 12-year-old Emmy has recently subscribed, a barnyard of 'blob animals' came to life!
Emmy shines bright with the intuitive heart, hand, and practice of an artist—she dives in and doesn't stop moving. She doesn't sit around talking about art … she makes art! Over and over again. She's my hero!
She watched the short instructional video from CCC and dipped her brush in water in no time flat. In short order, a barnyard was outfitted with a flock of sheep, a brood of chickens, a drove of pigs, a herd of cattle, a dog, and an elephant. She followed her heart and eye, developing skill and technique before my eyes, embellishing, exploring, and inventing en route.
F - U - N !!!
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| artist at work/play |
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| 3 x 4"; watercolor, gouache, and Sharpie on drawing paper barnyard 'blob art' Emmy 2022 |
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| 2.5 x 3.5" gift tag watercolor, gouache, and Sharpie on drawing paper, mounted on card stock barnyard 'blob art' Emmy 2022 |
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| gift tag coordinated with fabric gift wrap |
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| 3 x 4"; watercolor, gouache, Sharpie, and acrylic paint pen on drawing paper, mounted on textured paper barnyard 'blob art' Dotty 2022 |
4 comments:
How Fun!! I love them all! :) I saw a video where the artist took blobs and made cute pudgy little birds. Wishing you JOY!
This was totally fun, Sheila, as you picked up on! I learned a lot from watching Emmy, and it was such a sweet treat as she created a few dozen of these barnyard critters to watch her develop techniques and experiment.
Glad you had such a marvelous 4th! What fun when you can fit in creative time with all the other festivities! Great little farm animals! Reminds me of the sheep of Menashe Kadishman !
Carol, thanks for your appreciation of our sheep and for the allusion to the sheep of Menashe Kadishman!
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